The Boston Celtics have had gamers who current themselves in a complete of 68 totally different jersey numbers (and have three others who will not be a part of a digital collection) from their basis on the daybreak of Basketball Affiliation of America (BAA – The League which might develop into the NBA of at present), carried by greater than 500 gamers through the historical past of the Celtic.
To commemorate the gamers who wore these figures, the Celtics Wire covers the entire historical past of Jersey’s numbers and the gamers who sported them from the crew’s basis.
With 25 of those jerseys now have retired to honor among the biggest Celtics to put on these jerseys, there are a whole lot of historical past to cowl.
And for at present’s article, we’ll proceed with the third of 25 folks to put on jersey No. 12, the previous Boston Brady Walker striker. After ending his college profession in Byu, Walker was resumed with the twenty second general choice of the 1948 BAA draft by the (deceased) Windfall Steamrollers.
The native of Provo, in UTAH, would play the primary season of his skilled profession with Windfall, written by Boston within the draft of Steamrollers dispersion in 1949. His stick with the crew coated components of two seasons, ending when he was transmitted to the Baltimore balls in 1951.
Throughout his time that adapts to Celtics, Walker solely wore Jersey n ° 13 and picked up 6.3 factors, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per match.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics Jersey Historical past No. 13 – Brady Walker (1949-51)
